Tuesday, 1 July 2014

A Movie Review

THIRA

Thira is 2013 released movie directed by Vineeth Sreenivasan. It
casts Dhyan Sreenivasan, Shobhana- the cenral character. The movie
deals with human trafficking. This movie is an eye-opener against
such crimes taking place in different parts of the country.

The film makes
the debut of Vineeth Sreenivasan’s young brother Dhyan Sreenivasan
and the return of actress Shobhana to Malayalam cinema after almost a
decade. Vineeth Sreenivasan was inspired by the life of Sunitha
Krishnan an Indian activist and founder of ‘Prajwal’ an
institution that assist trafficked women and girls in finding the
shelter.

Movie
begins with the introduction of a cardiologist, Rohini Pranab
(Shobhana), who apart from her job of a doctor also runs an
organization for women which acts against women trafficking and helps
orphaned girls. Things get into trouble when some girls from the
organization get kidnapped.

Rohini
sets out on a mission to find those who are behind her husband's
murder and who have trafficked the girls. On the same path, we are
introduced to Naveen (Dhyan Sreenivasan), who is in search of his
kidnapped sister. Naveen and Rohini meet by chance and come to know
that they have the same goal. Rest of the movie focuses on their
mission to find the lost ones. The story is set in
Kerala and Goa. Both of them finally identify the secret place where
the trafficked girls are kept and release with the wise help from
Rohini and action from Naveen.

Thira merelyreminds us that even those with
eyes, see only that which they want to see through the scene of girl
being kidnapped in the middle of the city in a day.

The
main issue with stories of these kinds is that they have a
predictable pattern with real events happening only at the beginning
and then towards the end. What keeps the viewers glued on to such
films are the portions that connect these two ends. Rakesh Mantodi's
script (co-written by Vineeth Sreenivasan) barely manages to make
things interesting and gripping beyond a point. Also, the dialogues
have been written in an old fashioned style.

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'Thira' does require an actress of great caliber, and Shobhana
delivers an incredible performance and Dhyan Sreenivasan makes a
notable debut as well, though he does need to work on his dubbing
skills.